apparatchik in Russian
apparatchik in Russian
аппара́тчик
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. [from 20th c.]
аппара́тчица
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. [from 20th c.]
аппара́тчик
(by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat. [from 20th c.]
функционе́р
(by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat. [from 20th c.]
чину́ша
(by extension) A blindly loyal bureaucrat. [from 20th c.]